Govt. rejects nearly 50% proposals for salary hike, additional perks to MPs

New Delhi: After a parliamentary panel recommended a salary hike and additional perks to members of Parliament, the government is likely to have shot down 50 per cent of the proposals. Of the 65 proposals, 33 were not accepted while three recommendations have been slated to be decided in due course. No changes were deemed for four proposals.

The joint committee is scheduled to meet again on July 13. 

A parliamentary panel headed by Bhartiya Janata Party leader Yogi Adityanath has recommended that salaries of parliamentarians should be doubled and pension for former MPs should be raised by 75%.

The joint committee had also proposed an automatic pay revision mechanism for parliamentarians like the pay commission for government employees.